Jack White

Jack White

  • Birthday: 1975-07-09
  • Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Also know as: Jack White III

Biography

John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo the White Stripes. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in 1997. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video "Fell in Love with a Girl". In 2005, White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson, and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills. In 2008, he recorded "Another Way to Die" (the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace) with Alicia Keys, making them the only duet to perform a Bond song. White has also had a minor acting career. He appeared in the 2003 film, Cold Mountain, as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack. The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil". He also played Elvis Presley in the 2007 satire Walk Hard. In June 2017, White appeared in the award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions and was an executive producer of the film.

Filmography

Jack White: Unstaged

2012

As Himself

Jack White - Glastonbury

2014

As Himself

It Might Get Loud

2008

As Self

Two Headed Cow

2006

As Himself

Absolute Garbage

2007

As Himself

From The Basement

2009

As Self

Shine a Light

2008

As Self

Cold Mountain

2003

As Georgia

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

As Jack (segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")

The Sound of 007

2022

As Self

2002://complicated

2023

As Self

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

As Radio Show Actor

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

As Elvis Presley

The Rosary Murders

1987

As Altar Boy (uncredited)

Production

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